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City Pairings
close match
Cusco, Peru and Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico are a close climate match — 4,744 km (2,948 mi) apart. Cusco is Köppen zone Cwb; Toluca is Cwb.
See Cusco on the interactive map →Looking outward from Cusco, the atlas lands on Toluca in the same subtropical highland (Cwb) zone — a distant place whose seasons still rise and fall with this city's. The hemispheres disagree on the calendar, so Cusco’s January is compared with Toluca’s July. From Cusco's point of view, Toluca sits about 4,744 km (2,948 mi) out — far enough to feel like another place, close enough on the numbers to stand in.
For Cusco, Toluca is a close outward match: weather there should feel familiar if you know this city. July by 3°C (Toluca warmer); January means differ by 2°C (Toluca warmer). Monthly rainfall stays within 5 mm in both January and July.
Sunshine stays close: Toluca at 10.3 h/day on average versus 10.1 h/day in Cusco (January 10.4 h / 9.4 h, July 10.2 h / 10.8 h). Air quality: mean PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³ in Toluca vs 5 in Cusco (higher by 8 µg/m³). Dew points differ modestly (January 9°C vs 6°C; July 2°C vs 1°C).
January & July · °C and mm
Cusco is in the southern hemisphere, so its July lines up with Toluca's January — the bars above pair each city's summer and winter, not the calendar month.
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On Similar Climates, Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico is the closest distant match for Cusco, Peru — scored close, about 4,744 km (2,948 mi) away.
Cusco and Toluca are separated by roughly 4,744 km (2,948 mi) on the great-circle route.
No — they sit in opposite hemispheres, so seasons run about six months apart: Toluca’s July pairs with Cusco’s January in the comparison.
Yes — both are subtropical highland (Cwb).
Cusco has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb). January averages a high of 20°C and a low of 7°C with 145 mm of rain; July averages 17°C / -1°C and 5 mm.
Cusco averages about 9.4 hours of sunshine a day in January and 10.8 hours in July.
January PM2.5 averages about 3.7 µg/m³ (US AQI 24); July averages 6.2 µg/m³ (US AQI 36).
Other close climate matches for Cusco: Lhasa (loose), Puebla (loose), Mexico City (loose).
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